Program Strengths

• Located in Honolulu, HI
• Close working relationship between the attending and the resident with 1:1 ratio
• Easy attending staff accessibility
• Diverse patient population; over 250,000 active military population and 171,000 family members and beneficiaries to include VA patients and retirees
• Tertiary referral center for the Pacific (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, residents of Somoa & Guam)
• Outreach clinics in Somoa, Pulau, Fiji, Guam, and Yap
• Supports forward deployed units in 40 countries through the Pacific
• Wide spectrum of untreated, advanced stage orthopaedic problems from patient population from Pacific Island Health Care Project
• High degree of house staff responsibility
• Top quality of attending staff, an excellent balance of experienced senior surgeons and younger, recently fellowship-trained surgeons
• Active academic environment with robust graduate education administrative and financial support
• Trauma training at level I trauma centers
• Dedicated research time
• The opportunity to live and work in paradise!